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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer active during the Romantic period between 1830-1870. Some key events of this time include the Mexican-American War, California Gold Rush, and westward expansion of the United States. Poe's literature is characterized as "dark romance" using elements of terror, suspense and the grotesque. The document provides context on the Romantic period in America and characteristics of Poe's writing style.

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer active during the Romantic period between 1830-1870. Some key events of this time include the Mexican-American War, California Gold Rush, and westward expansion of the United States. Poe's literature is characterized as "dark romance" using elements of terror, suspense and the grotesque. The document provides context on the Romantic period in America and characteristics of Poe's writing style.

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer active during the Romantic period between 1830-1870. Some key events of this time include the Mexican-American War, California Gold Rush, and westward expansion of the United States. Poe's literature is characterized as "dark romance" using elements of terror, suspense and the grotesque. The document provides context on the Romantic period in America and characteristics of Poe's writing style.

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    Edgar Allan Poe

    By

    Valentina Zappalà, Rafael Vargas and


    Sergio Saldamando
    Línea del Tiempo

    War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent Monroe Doctrine Erie Canal Completion


    1812-1815 1814 1823 1825
    Línea del Tiempo

    Mexican-American
    Texas Declaration of Independence War California Gold Rush
    Indian Removal Act
    1846-1848 1848-1855
    1830
    1836
    Línea del Tiempo
    Seneca Falls California Statehood
    Convention
    1849
    1848
    MONROE
    DOCTRINE
    1823
    A declaration that the U.S.
    had the right to
    REFUSE European expansion
    into the Western Hemisphere.

    The U.S. & Europe

    To Stop Europe from colonizing in


    the America
    “Remember the MEXICAN-
    Maine”. AMERICAN
    US to their people
    WAR
    “The U.S
    Invasion”.
    How Mexicam refers to the war

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQ6YumO-78
    AMERICAN
    WIN

    • 13000 American people died.

    • The Americans gain 500 thousand square miles of territory


    ROMANTICISM
    1770 - 1850
    R O M A N T I C A M E R I C A N L I T E R AT U R E P E R I O D : 1 8 3 0 - 1 8 7 0
    Edgar Allan Poe literature is DARK ROMANCE.
    Characteristics: This means it was a more Gothic literature that used terror,
    • Emotion and passion suspense, grotesque, etc.
    • The critique of progress Characteristics of Poe writing:
    • Beauty belonged to the soul
    • An awe of nature
    • Truth, to the intellect
    • The search for subjective truth • Passion, to the heart
    • Focus on individualism • Supernatural and mystic

    Emily Dickinson Washington Irving Nathaniel Hawthorne William Cullen Bryant


    THANKS!

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